Discover the leading compound of 4β-S-(5-fluorobenzoxazole)-4-deoxy-4′-demethylepipodophyllotoxin with millimolar-potency toxicity by modifying the molecule structure of 4′-demethylepipodophyllotoxin
摘要:
4 '-Demethylepipodophyllotoxin (DMEP) derivatives are broad-spectrum and potent antitumor leading compound. Because of their unacceptable toxicity, DMEP derivatives often failed in the development of new drug. Until now, there was no report on the millimolar-potency toxicity of DMEP derivatives by modifying the molecule structure of DMEP. For the first time, this work discovered leading compounds with millimolar-potency toxicity by modifying the molecule structure of DMEP. The IC50 value of 4 beta-S-(5-fluorobenzoxazole-2-)-4-deoxy-4 '-demethylepipodophyllotoxin (Compound 2) was around 323.4 2000.9 mu M on human healthy cells (i.e., HL-7702, H8, MRC-5 and HMEC), which was significantly reduced by 171-1999 times than podophyllotoxin (1.0-2.6 mu M) and 9-80 times than etoposide (21.5 75.4 mu M). Compared with the treatment of etoposide, DNA repair proteins HMGB1 and PARK7 were specifically activated and the expression of anti-apoptotic proteins were up-regulated in HL-7702 cells after the treatment of Compound 2. These indicated the toxicity of Compound 2 was synergistically reduced by DNA repair and anti-apoptosis pathway. (C) 2018 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.